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l R. E. BOSCHBRT.

RACK PoR WINE AND GIDER PRESSES.

Patented Sept. 2, 1884.

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RACK FOR WINE AND CIDER PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,494, dated September 2, 1884.

Application filed April E23, 1884.

2""0 au whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RUrUs E. BosoHnRT, cf Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have in-vented new and useful Improvements in Racks for Wine and Cider Prgsses, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to produce around the margin of the pomace the same pressure as applied to the center or main portion thereof, and thus obviate the loss of the v juice which is usually retained in the marginal portion of the pomace, owing to the lateral yield of said portion to the vertical pressure received from the press; and to that end my invention consists of a rectangular frame having an inwardly-beveled ytop surface extended around the four sides of the frame, slats secured to the under side of the frame, and cleats placed crosswise upon the top of and secured to the respective slats and lapped onto the beveled top of the frame and, attached thereto, all as hereinafter more fully explained, and set forth in the claim.

Referring tothe annexed drawings, Figures l and 2 are vertical transverse sections of my improved racks with the pomace intervening, illustrating the effect of my improvement; and Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of one of the racks.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

c c represent a wooden frame, generally of rectangular form,and of the requisite size to be properly supported bythe bed of the press,

and receive the pressure of the follower. Said frame has the upper surface of the four sides beveled inwardly to form around the entire margin of the rack an inclined ledge. To the under side of the frame a a are attached the usual cross cleats or slats, b b, arranged proper distances apart to allow the juice expressed from the pomace to escape between them.

c c are cleats placed crosswise upon the top of the slats b b, and lapping with their ends onto the frame orledge a, and secured to both the slats b and frame, to sustain the same later- (No model.)

ally. If desired, another similarledge may be attached to the margin of the under side of the rack.

The effect of the described pomace-rack is as follows: The racks being placed successively in the requisite position in the press, with the pomace enveloped in cloth interposed between the racks in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and then'subjected to the vertical pressure of the press, causes the pomace to exert a lateral strain, which heretofore was resisted solely by the cloth enveloping the edge ofthe pomace; but, owing to the lack of stability of the cloth, the marginal portion of the pomace did not receive the requisite'pressure to express all the juice and render said portion of the pomace as compact as the cent-ral portion thereof. This defect is overcome by the marginal ledge a a, which to a great extent prevents the spreading of the pomace under pressure, and at the same time produces increased pressure on the marginal portion of the pomace, thereby expressing all the juice from the same and producing a pomace of uniform density or compactness throughout.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved pomace-rack, consisting of the rectangular frame' a, having an inwardlybeveled top surface extended around the four sides of the frame, slats b b, secured to the under side of the frame, and cleats c c, placed crosswise upon the top of and secured to the respective slats, and lapped onto the beveledv shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county oi' Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 28th day of March, 1884.

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Witnesses:

F. H. Gines, C. BENDIXON. 

